Known Unknowns: Unconventional Strategic Shocks in Defense Strategy Development

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Known Unknowns: Unconventional Strategic Shocks in Defense Strategy Development is written by Strategic Studies Institute and published by Lulu.com. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1312288442 (ISBN 10) and 9781312288447 (ISBN 13).

This timely PKSOI Paper on unconventional strategic shock provides the defense policy team a clear warning against excessive adherence to past defense and national security convention. Including the insights of a number of noted scholars on the subjects of "wild cards" and "strategic surprise," the author, Nathan Freier, argues that future disruptive, unconventional shocks are inevitable. Through strategic impact and potential for disruption and violence, defense-relevant unconventional shocks, in spite of their nonmilitary character, will demand the focused attention of defense leadership, as well as the decisive employment of defense capabilities in response. As a consequence, Mr. Freier makes a solid case for continued commitment by the Department of Defense to prudent strategic hedging against their potential occurrence.